very, very sensitive skin

Did you get a paraben free mineral makeup fairypuff, as alot of commercial ones contain heaps of irritants that can upset sensitive skin. Also you should make sure your daughter used only natural products, organic would be best in this case I believe, you don`t want to risk any chemicals irritating the skin further. Same goes for washing detergent, don`t use one that contains irritants. If you can keep that under control then hopefully you can then avoid the phenergan, that stuff makes you awfuly drowsy, even when you do take it at night, you feel tired during the day as well. Good luck. 🙂

My daughter also suffers from sensitive sknin. I brought her mineral make up but it didnt make a difference.
I took her to the doctors recently who recommended I give her phenergan at night.
Im not real keen on the idea and prefer to try to stick to natural based products as I find it works best for me.

my skin can be really sensitive and my all time favourite cleanser is cetaphil. they make a moisturiser and soap too. Its the best.

Sorry, I meant Akin (Alchemy is their hair care brand) 🙂

I`d get onto Alchemy – a gorgeous Australian brand suitable for even the most sensitive skins. The products are all natural and very affordable!

Definitely agree with you there mel. 🙂

In terms of specific ingredients too, tell her to look out for SLS in any kind of washes, parabens in moisturisers and the like, propylene glycol, mineral oil and paraffin wax and oil… all these known to create skin irritation. Of course even with natural products you have to patch test things first, but the lack of chemicals really attracts me and I`ve had amazing success on my sensitive skin and scalp.

Oh and tell her to give aloe vera gel from the health food shop a try, wonderfully soothing stuff!

Definately you cant go wrong with natural products on senstive skin 🙂

Tell her to checkout the Moogoo thread here on BH too, some wonderful info on a wonderful brand for sensitive skin.

thanks for all of your commenst, much appreciated. I have been passing on your information and hopefully she can find some more sources to purchase which dont affect her!

Dermalogica – The sensitive skin care range.
That`s what i use, i have really sensitive skin 🙁
Would highly recommend it ! 🙂